Training Courses

Welcome to our JAWS Training Area!

Taking a course from you has been a stellar experience!

Your excellent teaching skills combined with your extensive knowledge of the subject make learning a pleasure.

You are methodical and articulate; your tag line (Training You Can Trust) accurately conveys exactly what you do.

Are you a user of the JAWS screen-reader but you need to learn more about how it works? You've come to the right place!

We offer Training Remotely to individuals, Ideal for Users Overseas. Our dedicated page linked to above fully describes our remote training service.

Finally, we have a range of online training courses in the use of the JAWS for Windows screen-reader, either to learn how to use specific tools within the product, or in conjunction with popular programs. Even if you are proficient in the subject being covered, it is likely that you will pick up some useful tips and tricks along the way.

About the Online Training Courses.

The online courses are held in one of our Zoom webinar training areas which are accessible to anyone who has a computer and optionally a microphone, although asking questions using a text chat facility is possible. An app for iDevices is also available, or you can call in using the telephone from a number local to your country in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or the US.

Online courses are delivered using straightforward easy-to-understand language and there are plenty of opportunities to ask questions assuming you are taking the class at the same time as most other participants.
Audio recordings are made available to all students.

While online classes are ongoing, students are subscribed to an Email list specific to each course. This gives a person the opportunity of asking questions and/or submitting sample work which has been completed for comment or review.

Students access the training room and course materials through a protected area of the Hartgen Consultancy website.

As software developers, we often come across situations where users have not had a good experience with the provided application because the Trainer has not had the necessary skills to teach the program. After all, a Trainer cannot inspire confidence in the student if he or she is not sufficiently experienced or prepared in the appropriate subject. Whether you are taking one of our online courses, or benefiting from our individual training programmes, we guarantee that thorough preparation is made prior to teaching the use of a software package to any student.

In summary, we would like you to learn, but have a great experience when learning how to use the program you have paid for!Download a short audio training sample concerning JAWS Smart Navigation.

Current Online Training Courses.

Excel Yourself; Using Microsoft Excel with JAWS for Windows, £80 ($100).

Learn JAWS Scripting From Scratch Revisited, £200 ($253).

Previous Online Training Courses.

By very popular request we have made archives of the following courses available. Included within each package is the audio lessons in MP3 format and text summaries where appropriate. However, opportunities do not exist for students to ask questions of the tutor or to seek advice upon specific points. We hope however that the knowledge gained while listening should be more than sufficient. Please bare this point in mind and refer to our Refund Policy.

Please bare in mind that software functionality changes on a rapid basis, so there are bound to be situations where the occasional procedure outlined in the audio archive does not function. Remember, it is an archive of a training course which was previously conducted over a number of weeks. In the event that the vast majority of a previously held training course is no longer relevant then it will be withdrawn from sale. This has been done on a number of occasions.

The previously available training courses are:

• OneNote Wonder, Using Microsoft OneNote with JAWS for Windows, £50 ($62). 2 hours duration.
• Jaw Muscles Series 2, Increased Productivity with JAWS for Windows, £50 ($62). 5 hours duration.
• Masto-Done; Riding the Elephant, £50 ($62). 6 hours duration.
• Brave Words, Harnessing the Power of the Brave Web Browser with JAWS for Windows, £50 ($62). 3.5 hours duration.
• Catching Up with JAWS Chapter 4, for JAWS 2022 and 2023, £35 ($40). 2 hours duration.
• Opening Windows, Learning to Use the Tools Built Into the Windows Operating System, £50 ($62). 4.5 hours duration.
• Jaw Muscles, Increased Productivity with JAWS for Windows, £50 ($62). 5 hours duration.
• SenseAbility, Using the BrailleSense 6, Series 1, £80 ($111). 18 hours duration.
• The StationPlaylist Workshop 2021, £40 ($53). 90 Minutes duration.
• Reaping the Benefits, Using REAPER with JAWS for Windows, £80 ($111). Over 10 hours duration.
• Winning Teams; Microsoft Teams with JAWS for Windows, includes JAWS scripts, £150($211). 6.5 hours duration.
• Studiously Recording, Using Studio Recorder with JAWS for Windows, £50($62). 4 hours duration.
• Here Is The Muze: Every Radio Presenter's Essential Companion, £50($62). 2 hours duration. Includes comprehensive set of JAWS script files.
• Another Hour of Music Power, StationPlaylist V5.5, £35 ($47). 90 minutes duration.
• Catching Up with JAWS Chapter 3 for JAWS 2020 and 2021, £35 ($47). 90 minutes duration.
• It's El-Ectrifying! The Elegance That Is the ElBraille, £50 ($63). 7 hours duration.
• Time to Go Zoom. Using the Zoom client with JAWS for Windows, £50 ($63). 6 hours duration.
• Hold Everything. Using the Everything Program with JAWS for Windows, £30 ($39). 90 Minutes duration.
• The Inside Edge, Using Microsoft Edge Chromium with JAWS for Windows, £40 ($52). 4 and a half hours duration approx.
• Let's Track It, the Professionals Guide to Voice Tracking, £40 ($52). 3 hours duration approx.
• You've Got the Power! PowerPoint with JAWS for Windows, £50 ($62). 5 hours duration approx.
• Catching Up with JAWS: the Next Chapter, £30 ($42). 90 minutes duration approx.
• Get iTuned Into Audio. £40 ($52). 5 hours duration approx.
• Chrome Plated, Using Google Chrome with JAWS for Windows. £40 ($52). 3 hours 45 minutes duration approx.
• About-Face, Using JAWS for Windows with Facebook. £40 ($52). 3 Hours duration approx.
• Over Easy: The Switch from Window-Eyes to JAWS for Windows! £30 ($42). 90 Minutes duration approx.
• A Word in Your Ear, Microsoft Word and JAWS for Windows. £50 ($62). 6 Hours Duration.
• Looking Out for Outlook, Microsoft Outlook and JAWS for Windows for Beginners. £50 ($62. 6 Hours Duration.
• Catching up with JAWS. £40 ($52). 4 Hours Duration.
• Improve Your Outlook, Microsoft Outlook and JAWS for Windows for Advanced Users. £50 ($62. 4 Hours Duration.
• 24 Karat GoldWave, the GoldWave Audio Editor. £50 ($62. 6 Hours Duration.
• The StationPlaylist Workshop, Using the StationPlaylist Products with JAWS for Windows. £40 ($52. 4 Hours Duration.
• Forging Ahead with Sound Forge and JAWS for Windows. £50 ($62. 4 Hours Duration.

You can also purchase the Training Course Package, comprising most of the above courses at a substantial discount of £300 which is $400.
Please note that this does not include our J-Say It training course, Winning Teams, SenseAbility, Reaping the Benefits or our product The Muze.

Prices are in British pounds and American dollars. The American dollar price is approximate.

Protecting Your Investment.

Whether you purchase a tutorial or training course, we would ask please that you do not share the audio content or text training notes with others. This would mean overtime that we would not be in a position to provide future courses. Thank you for your assistance with this.

Future Online Courses.

If you have a suggestion for a future course, please Contact us today! Your suggestion need not be restricted to large applications. Teaching a specific topic is possible, so please let us know what you would like to learn.

Purchasing an Online Training Course.

You can purchase any of our training courses from our website using the links to product pages above. Towards the end of each description, you will find a link allowing you to do this. Alternatively, please send an email to jaws@hartgen.org, stating which course you would like to purchase. An electronic invoice will then be sent to you which you can then pay using PayPal or any major debit or credit card. It can be done quickly and accessibly without complications.

If you still think you would have difficulty with this, please Contact us today and use any of the telephone numbers provided.

What People Say About Our Courses.

I had heard for a long time nothing but high praise for the various Hartgen Consultancy courses and I can now see why. I found the information really useful and clear. By completing the course, I feel I have just had some excellent O&M lessons around an environment that I needed to travel through but had no idea of the lay of the land. The excellent orientation you gave us to Teams using JAWS, with meaningful examples and demonstrations serves to provide me with confidence and efficiency in doing my work.

What always impresses me is that not only do I gain lots of information from the training course, but the tremendous organisation and thought that goes into the preparation. I not only learn about the subject but also how to do the master instruction and craftsmenship. It always inspires me.

Recently I have taken several classes from Hartgen consultancy. They include the class on the Station Playlist products, which I took live, and GoldWave and Reaper which I took on my own after the class had been completed.
If you have been considering taking one of the classes but been holding back, I can highly recommend Brian as a teacher. Brian is not only willing to adjust the classes to meet the needs of individual students but he goes even further than that. A good example of that is that before he taught the GoldWave class Brian modified the GoldWave JAWS scripts and highly improved on them.

You will find Brian to be responsive, friendly, and very easy to work with. Most importantly though is the confidence I have developed in my own ability to work with the computer and to try things that I otherwise may have not been comfortable with and therefore not tried.

this is the best training I have received in years. Truly worth every penny. I am having a blast!!!

I cannot believe the course is nearly over!

That was, (I think), the best and most informative course I've taken online. I learned copious amounts, and have already integrated the knowledge into projects at work! Well worth the money indeed!

As a person with more than 35 years of experience in technology who happens to be blind and hard of hearing, I have found your JAWS scripting classes easy to follow, straightforward, interesting, and relevant.

I would like to sincerely thank you for doing such an excellent job with the "a word in your ear" course. It was fantastic to be able to take part in a course that was fully accessible online with information relevant to a Jaws user. I have learnt a huge amount that will allow me to be a more efficient Microsoft Word user which will be very beneficial to me particularly in work.
Your instruction was extremely precise and both the audio files and notes will prove to be a very useful resource.
I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending your courses to other Jaws users and have no doubt that I will sign up to another of them in the future.

While I have been delinquent in tuning in or (to date) even downloading the files to review due to work demands), I know this will be worth the hours I will spend enhancing my already good Word skills. Great to see this offering and to help support development of accessible content for improved productivity.

i must say what value for money this course has been and there is still one last part of it to go. I have never correctly used Microsoft Outlook on my PC, staying with my braille device has been fine for me. But, i took the plunge and attended the Microsoft Outlook training course from Hartgen Consultancy and it has been very good and helpful. Not only do you get 1 and a half hours online every week with 4 parts to the course but you get the recording of the training sessions and also a very good text version of it. With a totally blind person teaching it is so worth while taking part and learning your way through all the aspects of outlook. I must say now i do use this program because of this course and if further courses become available I am sure you will enjoy them.

I've learned a lot from this course and I've been using GoldWave for years.

I've learned a lot from the Reaper course. It has been fantastic.

I want to congratulate you for taking on the Reaper course. It's a brave man to take on a project like this, particularly when you have two access technologies in play.

Still Have Questions?

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